Contemporary Perspectives on Natural Law: Natural Law as a Limiting Concept

摘要

Cloth, $114.98.- Back when he was a mere United States Senator and overseeing the Senate confirmation hearings of nowJustice Clarence Thomas, Joseph Biden introduced the concepts of "good natural law" and "bad natural law." Part II, "Historical Studies," begins with Russell Hittinger's splendid account of the implications of Thomas' philosophy of nature and metaphysics of participation for the political dimension of human life, including why the lawmaker is bound by the vis directiva of the laws he makes even if he cannot be bound by the vis coactiva of the same.